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Published March 13, 2010, 10:30 AM

University of Minnesota Extension offers food safety courses in Cloquet

University of Minnesota Extension is offering two courses to help food service establishments meet the educational requirement for Certified Food Managers.

University of Minnesota Extension is offering two courses to help food service establishments meet the educational requirement for Certified Food Managers.

The certification course, called “ServSafeâ,” will be offered Wednesday, April 14, at the Cloquet Forestry Center from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Participants must attend the entire session to be eligible to take the certification exam, which begins at 4:30 p.m. This seven-hour course includes information about safe food preparation, handling, sanitation and prevention of food-borne illnesses. Registration is required by March 31.

“Serve It Up Safely” is a four-hour renewal course for certified managers. Certified Food Managers need four hours of continuing education credits within three years of becoming certified. University of Minnesota Extension educators and University specialists developed this renewal course that meets these criteria. The Serve It Up Safely course will also be held at the Cloquet Forestry Center on Wednesday, April 14, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Registration is due by March 31.

The Food Manager Certification Course and Serve It Up Safely renewal course are also available online. To get more information about all of these classes, go to www.extension.umn.edu/foodsafety or contact Connie Schwartau at schwa047@umn.edu or 507-337-2819.

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